Revitalizing what made Developer DAO great by sending active contributors to DevConnect and hosting a community meetup to strengthen our ecosystem and drive meaningful engagement.
Funding Breakdown
Community Developer Sponsorship Program
Budget: $6,000 USDC ($2,000 per developer)
Send 3 active community developers to DevConnect - based on a criteria
Funds distributed after verification of travel eligibility (VISA, passport, availability)
Core Contributors Sponsorship
Budget: $2,000 USDC
Crypdough: Creator of DevDAO’s first full product launch
Funded through Investments Team allocation due to their historical contributions without DAO funding requests
Developer DAO Community Meetup
Budget: up to $4,000 USDC
Host networking event for existing and new community members
Actively seeking sponsors to offset costs
Focus on intimate, high-value networking experience
Marketing & Community Initiatives
Our DevConnect presence will drive multiple strategic initiatives:
Content & Education
Contributing to up-to-date Web3 tutorials for our blog and newsletter
Support for D_D Cloud and Futex Labs RPC drop campaigns
Ecosystem Participation
Workshop attendance and active participation
Hackathon involvement and representation
Strategic networking with potential partners
Selection Criteria & Measurement
Developer Selection Process
Registration Requirements:
Wallet address for fund distribution
Connected X (Twitter) account
Proof of travel eligibility
Activity Metrics:
Dev N’ Tell NFT appearance history
Podcast NFT collection activity
Futex Labs Cloud Subscriber and NFTs collected
Tutorial contributions to DAO
Bio campaign participation (“Developer DAO” in social bios)
Completion of community sprint challenges
Success Metrics
Tutorial contributions published
Social media engagement metrics
New partnerships established
Community growth indicators
Event attendance and networking outcomes
What about CODE token holders
Members hold tokens for past contributions
CODE tokens will be counted as a multiplier for above activations
Strategic Value Proposition
Community Revitalization
Reconnect with Developer DAO’s core mission
Strengthen relationships between long-time and new contributors
Create momentum for ongoing initiatives
Brand Visibility
Represent Developer DAO at premier Web3 conference
Generate content and social proof
Attract new developers to our ecosystem
Network Growth
Facilitate partnerships through in-person connections
Expand our reach in the developer community
Create opportunities for future collaborations
Investment Team Justification
The $2,000 allocation for Crypdough from the Investments Team budget reflects:
His consistent, unpaid contributions to the DAO
Strong market conditions supporting this investment
Strategic value of having experienced contributors represent the DAO
Potential ROI through partnerships and community growth
This proposal represents a strategic investment in Developer DAO’s future, leveraging DevConnect as both a networking opportunity and marketing campaign to drive sustainable community growth for our upcoming launches.
My main question is around reach:
How do we plan on using the proposed budget to grow D_D’s visibility through our content-generating projects like Dev ’N Tell? We already have strong content in the pipeline, but the real unlock will come from distribution. Can we think about how sponsorships/partnerships could be used to amplify impressions on this content so that it not only engages our existing community but also attracts new developers into D_D?
Right now, my current goal is to get existing members (such as yourself) to reengage with the community. That’s step one. You posting and people reaching out to post is a great sign.
Step two: Even though it’s somewhat incentivized, one of the requirements for this grant is for people to engage with the podcast and other projects. Things we can gather metrics from. When people interact and comment on the socials.. other people see it.
We all know, attention is short lived in this space so any strategy only works for a short period of time. So those possible partnerships that want to participate in the attention we get is welcomed in a form of a strategic partnership.
The tutorials are the most important as this is the core of what helped early Developer DAO members struggle through missing examples. I plan to also do some workshops (depending on my time availability, highlighting “getting started” style workshops). It’s no secret that our YouTube gets first hit on "How to build on… "
This is my ideal way to attract new devs into the space. Will it onboard the next million devs? Absolutely not, but what we will ideally have is a great source of content for new and curious devs looking to tinker in the space in both video content and blog content.
Reach in this space is very funneled but I am open to hearing ideas.
I think many of us OGs need to commit more. We all talk about the good ole D_D days, but we need to openly start contributing if we genuinely want D_D to come back.
It’s been a long time, love to read such proposals.
You are absolutely right about the tutorials, we had a channel for every programming language and I remember going there with any number of questions and always getting a positive and helpful response.
We had teams sponsoring office hours inside D_D discord, with their core team members answering any questions we had.
Last week I was checking Dev N’ Tell episode on pods and loved it, collected a few episodes and was proud of the work @Narb put in there and the ops team as well.
I fully support this proposal.
We need more of these initiatives.
who would run point when it comes to organizing the devcon meetup, finding the location, booking the location, setting up the luma page, adding to side event lists, import emails (if needed), send invites, send updates, manually approve people, etc. ?
i like the idea though of doing official D_D meetups at major conferences, they can be really low cost, good to meet and connect in person, and i bet there will be interest for groups to co-host
Right now, that would all fall on me. As the person that would put it up for snapshot if it makes sense, i’ll be in charge of all of it.
Having meetups at every big conference would be amazing. I feel people would like to have a homebase to meet folks and network. I’m hoping to bring this pilot to life for Dev Connect.
